INSTRUCTIONS

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent freezing and possible bursting of outdoor water pipes they should be wrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly. Those that have in-ground sprinkler systems should drain them and cover above- ground pipes to protect them from freezing.

Frost Advisories and Freeze Warnings are issued during the local growing season as defined by climatology and local agriculture experts. Once the growing season has ended these statements will no longer be issued until the spring.

DESCRIPTION

* WHAT…For the first Hard Freeze Warning, sub-freezing temperatures as low as 21. For the second Hard Freeze Warning, sub-freezing temperatures as low as 20 expected. Mid 20s expected for areas closer to the coast.

* WHERE…Coastal Del Norte, Northern Humboldt Coast and Mendocino Coast Counties.

* WHEN…For the first Hard Freeze Warning, until 9 AM PST this morning. For the second Hard Freeze Warning, from midnight tonight to 9 AM PST Saturday.

* IMPACTS…Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.